ST. PAUL (1897, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ST. PAUL
Also known as:
EDUARDO SALA; BENNINGTON
Year of Build:
1897
Official Number:
116762
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Note: Crane ship
Additional vessel types:
Other
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
28
Builder Name:
Chicago Shipbuilding Co
Original Owner:
Lower Lakes Transit Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple expansion 17"-29"-47"; 36" stroke
# Boilers:
2 Scotch 10' 6" x 12'
Propulsion Notes:
700 hp; engine and boilers built by vessel builder, 1897
Hull Dimensions
Length:
238'
Beam:
42'
Depth:
26'
Tonnage (gross):
2029
Tonnage (net):
1221
Final Disposition
Date:
1950
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1897 Owned Lower Lakes Transit Co

1907 Owned Mutual Transit Co

1915 Owned Coast interests; renamed EDUARDO SALA

1919 Owned Empress Naviera of Cuba; installation of 2 Scotch boilers built by American Shipbuilding Co

1922 Owned Rutland-Lake Michigan Transit Co (Sullivan); renamed BENNINGTON

1929 Reconstructed as crane ship

1930 Owned Gartland Steamship Co (Sullivan)

1942 Owned U.S. Maritime Commission

1950 Scrapped

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Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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